William Cox

William Cox may refer to:

*William Cox (athletics) (1904–1996), United States Olympic medallist
*William Cox (governor) (born 1936), known as Bill Cox, Governor of the state of Tasmania, Australia
*William Cox (pioneer) (1764–1837), constructor of the road across the Blue Mountains in New South Wales, Australia
*William Cox (UK politician) (1817–1889), Member of Parliament for Finsbury 1857–59, 1861–65
*William B. Cox, president of the American Football League, 1941, later owner of the Philadelphia Phillies baseball team
*William E. Cox (1861–1942), U.S. Representative from Indiana
*William George Cox (c. 1821–1878), Gold Commissioner for the Cariboo and Boundary Districts in the Colony of British Columbia, Canada during the Rock Creek Gold Rush.
*William R. Cox (1832–1919), Confederate general in the United States Civil War, later Secretary of the United States
*William Robert Cox (1901–1988), prolific writer of short stories and Western and Mystery novels mainly for the pulp and paperback markets
*William Samuel Cox, Australian racecourse owner, namesake of the Cox Plate
*William Sands Cox, surgeon in Birmingham, England.
*William Sitgreaves Cox (1790–1874), court-martialled acting third lieutenant of the USS "Chesapeake"
*William Wesley Cox (1865–1948), Presidential, Vice Presidential, and perennial U.S. Senate candidate of the Socialist Labor Party
*Bill Cox (American football)
*Bill Cox (baseball) (1913-1988)
*Billy Cox, American bassist best known for playing with guitarist Jimi Hendrix
*Billy Cox (baseball) (1919–1978), American Major League Baseball middle infielder
*Will Cox, Kentucky politician

ee also

*William Cox Ellis (1787–1871), member of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania
*George William Cox (1827–1902), British historian
*William Coxe (disambiguation)
*William Cocke, American lawyer